Latex template for articles that use LLNCS document class from Springer.
A latex distribution. This will depend on your Operating System. My recommendation for each OS:
- Mac OS: Mactex
- Linux: Tex live (You need to check how to install it on your linux distribution)
- Windows: MikTeX
If you don't want to install anything you can use an online editor, such as:
To get this template you can simply fork this repo or just download the files here.
To generate the final article.pdf file you can use the provided Makefile or even with Grunt
To be able to use the Makefile make sure you have a Unix-like terminal. If you are using Linux or MacOS you alread have what is needed.
On windows, you can simply use Cygwin.
To compile the final pdf file simply run:
makeTo clean all files generated by the compilation process:
make cleanIf you are familiar with web development and with NodeJS you can use Grunt to compile your article when you change any file.
First, you need to install all the dependencies:
npm installOf course, you only need to run this the first time.
Then, you can compile and watch for changes in any .tex file:
gruntIt will compile the document and watch for changes in any file.
When you save changes in some .tex file, it will compile the document again.
To remove all files generated by the compilation process, just run:
grunt cleanAfter you got all the tools and the template itself, you can start using it.
First, there is some meta-data to configure in your article, such as, Title, Sub title, Author's name, Author's email and the Institution name.
To change these values, open the config.tex file and change the definitions according to what makes sense in your document.
...
% Meta data
% Article's title
\def \Title{Title}
% Sub title
\def \SubTitle{Sub title}
% Author's name
\def \Author{Author's name}
% Author's email
\def \Email{Author's email}
% Institution
\def \Institution{Institution}
...You can add your own commands or anything else in this file.
To create a new section, simply create a copy of the template.tex file inside sections folder:
cp sections/template.tex sections/new_section.texReplace new_section with a file name that makes sense.
Now, this new section will appear somewhere in your article. To add this new section just open the sections/main.tex file and include the sections/new_section.tex with an \input{sections/new_section} statement:
...
\input{sections/new_section}
...The order in which you write the \input statements, defines the order of your sections in the article.
To have everything in place, you should put all figures inside figures folder and include them in your article.
There is an example of a figure in figures/rubberduck.jpg file.
An example of its usage is in sections/introduction.tex file:
\begin{figure}[!ht]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{figures/rubberduck}
\caption{An example of a figure in an article}
\label{fig:example}
\end{figure}The bibliography is in references.bib file.
Use this file to define your bibliography and place citations in your document with \cite{label} statements.
There is an example of a citation in sections/introduction.tex file.
\cite{nobody}All the acronyms are defined in the acronyms.tex file.
To define a new acronym just add a new \newacronym{label}{short}{complete} statement.
There is an example of an acronym definition in acronyms.tex file:
...
\newacronym{MA}{MA}{My Acronym}
...There are examples of its usage in sections/introduction.tex file:
An example of usage of an acronym:\\
% Using for the first time
First time: \gls{MA}\\
% Using a second time
Second time: \gls{MA}\\
% Using in plural
Using Plural: \glspl{MA}\\
% Forcing the first time usage
Forcing first time: \glsfirst{MA}Use this template to write your awesome article and change the world!
If you think that something is missing or you find a bug, you are welcomed to open an issue and make a pull request ;)
This is optional but, you can always pay a beer to the guy that provided you this awesome template :D